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Published Friday, October 10, 2008 in Local

Newnan's reservoirs at 94% capacity

By Elizabeth Richardson

The Times-Herald

Newnan's reservoir levels have fallen below 100 percent for the first time since February.

Brandon Lovett, director of water operations for Newnan Utilities, told members of the Newnan Water, Sewerage and Light Commission on Friday Newnan is currently at 94 percent and in a good position to endure drought conditions if they persist for the remainder of the year.

Lovett updated commission members on the status of the dam project. The city's utility provider has long been exploring the possibility of raising two of its dams -- numbers two and three -- to add up to a billion gallons of water to the city's water storage system.

An engineering firm has completed the necessary archeological and cultural studies and found no issues with proceeding, according to Lovett. The area does have a minimal amount of wetlands, and that issue will be reviewed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to find a suitable course of action.

Newnan Utilities is in the process of determining where the dirt will come from to raise the dams, which are in the city reservoir complex between Sewell and Corinth roads. The new dam would be constructed behind existing dams 2 and 3.

Also during Friday's commission meeting, Newnan Utilities General Manager Dennis McEntire told members they were "beginning to get a system in place" to provide temporary electricity to the site of the future Piedmont Newnan Hospital on Poplar Road by running power lines from the East Broad Street substation to the hospital construction site.

Newnan Utilities won the bid to supply the electric load to the new Piedmont Newnan Hospital. The city utility provider has agreed to supply the hospital with three megawatts of electricity. The hospital wants a new substation constructed and supplying power by January and permanent power on site by July 2009. The hospital's main power feed will be underground, and the secondary source will be the East Broad Street substation.

At this point in the project, Newnan Utilities is awaiting proper permits to run electricity across the interstate.

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